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workflow/mnemonic: use HAL to get random number

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Marko Bencun

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workflow/mnemonic: use HAL to get random number
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit refactors how random numbers are generated during the backup verification workflow. Previously, the code called a low-level device function directly; now it uses a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) interface so the same code can be tested with a mock random source. The change itself is a code-quality/testability improvement and does not appear to fix an active security vulnerability, but it touches the code that creates the random word-order challenges used to verify a user's seed backup.

Recommended action

No immediate action required. Treat as a normal refactoring commit. Reviewers may want to confirm that the production `Random` HAL implementation still maps to the same secure hardware random source and that no other code paths bypass the HAL for mnemonic-related randomness.

Security signals we found

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Refactors randomness source for mnemonic confirmation challenges

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Removes direct call to `bitbox02::random::mcu_32_bytes()` from workflow code

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Adds mockable `Random` HAL dependency to enable deterministic unit testing

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Adds unit test asserting uniqueness and correct placement of target word in random challenge

Risk score

Why this scored 29/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 5/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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